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FATTENED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fattened mean?
• FATTENED (adjective)
The adjective FATTENED has 1 sense:
1. (of market animals) made ready for market
Familiarity information: FATTENED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of market animals) made ready for market
Similar:
finished ((of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state)
Context examples
She had married a man named Oakshott, and lived in Brixton Road, where she fattened fowls for the market.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
‘The other is a good three pound heavier,’ said she, ‘and we fattened it expressly for you.’
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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